Jesus Silva-Santiago

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Charge:	First Degree Murder
Sentence:	Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole
Years Imprisoned:	7.08
Year Crime:	2003
Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2010
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Massachusetts
County or Region of Crime:	Plymouth
City of Crime:	Brockton
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Jesus Silva-Santiago was wrongly convicted on June 16, 2006 of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Eugene Monteiro in Boston, Massachusetts on June 28, 2003. After his conviction by a jury Santiago was sentenced to life in prison. On May 15, 2009 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overturned Santiago's conviction and ordered a new trial on the basis two statements made by the prosecutor during his closing argument about alleged evidence that had not been introduced during the trial, and the judge's failure to correct them, constituted reversible error. During Santiago's retrial in 2010 he did not introduce any new evidence, however, without the prejudicial prosecutor statements he was acquitted by a jury on August 12, 2010. In 2012 Santiago filed a compensation claim with the State of Massachusetts under "Compensation for Certain Erroneous Felony Convictions" statute, G. L. c. 258D. The judge ruled against Santiago on the basis he failed to state a claim. Santiago appealed. On May 22, 2014 the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the dismissal of Santiago's claim."
Conviction Caused By:	Prosecutor misconduct of making two prejudicial statements during closing arguments.
Innocence Proved By:	Santiago was acquitted by a jury in 2010 after a retrial.
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Compensation Awarded:	Denied by State of Massachusetts
Was Perpetrator Identified?
Age When Imprisoned:	28
Age When Released:	35
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Hispanic
Information Source 1:	"Brockton man acquitted of murder at retrial denied compensation, By Staff Writer, The Herald News, May 22, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20140522/NEWS/140528649
Information Source 2:	"Commonwealth v. Silva-Santiago, 453 Mass. 782 (Mass. Supreme Judicial Court, 2009) (Reversing conviction and ordering retrial based on prosecutor misconduct of making prejudicial statements during closing arguments.)"
Information Location 2:	"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1086089998616543793&q=Jesus+Silva+Santiago+&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
Information Source 3:	"Silva-Santiago v. Commonwealth, 85 Mass. App. Ct. 906 (Mass. Supreme Judicial Court, 2014) (Affirming denial of compensation for Santiago's failure to state a claim under the State's wrongful conviction compensation statute.)"
Information Location 3:	"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1556015401889640780&q=Jesus+Silva+Santiago+&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"
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Jesus Silva-Santiago

Charge:

First Degree Murder

Sentence:

Life Imprisonment without possibility of parole

Years Imprisoned:

7.08

Year Crime:

2003

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2010

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Massachusetts

County or Region of Crime:

Plymouth

City of Crime:

Brockton

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Prosecutor misconduct of making two prejudicial statements during closing arguments.

Innocence Proved By:

Santiago was acquitted by a jury in 2010 after a retrial.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Denied by State of Massachusetts

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

28

Age When Released:

35

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Hispanic

Information Source 1:

"Brockton man acquitted of murder at retrial denied compensation, By Staff Writer, The Herald News, May 22, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20140522/NEWS/140528649

Information Source 2:

"Commonwealth v. Silva-Santiago, 453 Mass. 782 (Mass. Supreme Judicial Court, 2009) (Reversing conviction and ordering retrial based on prosecutor misconduct of making prejudicial statements during closing arguments.)"

Information Location 2:

"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1086089998616543793&q=Jesus+Silva+Santiago+&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

Information Source 3:

"Silva-Santiago v. Commonwealth, 85 Mass. App. Ct. 906 (Mass. Supreme Judicial Court, 2014) (Affirming denial of compensation for Santiago's failure to state a claim under the State's wrongful conviction compensation statute.)"

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"https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1556015401889640780&q=Jesus+Silva+Santiago+&hl=en&as_sdt=6,48"

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